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Hi,
I just found some new, interesting, puzzeling information a few weeks ago when I was immerssed in Wales genealogy. I was looking up my "Evans" gg grandmother, "Jane Price Evans, and she listed her birthplace as "Garnfack" in the parish of Abberystruth. She was born in 1822.
(I think that's the spelling or close.) Anyway I also found that area in the Parish Registers in the Abberystruth Parish. I can't seem to find any information about that place, where it is, what it is, a street, a village, anything.
Can anyone HELP me???
Thank you so much!
Cynthia Lovell
California
Happy July 4th.from FLORIDA ..we know the Welsh helped the Colonies..so
thanks again!
I'm still trying to find information on William Hughes supposed to have been
born 1805-1810 in Abertillery...any suggestions to finding information?
Also would like to trace what happened to Thomas, Ann and Sarah Hughes
(below) after Ebenezer went to Scranton, Penna USA in 1858. Ideas welcomed...
I know the following:
William Hughes born 1808-1810 in Abertillery, S. Wales?
married Sept 8, 1828
Mary Phillips,born Llanishmael,S Wales1811 to Thomas Phillips(b 1787) and
Sarah? (b1791)
they lived at CWM (near Ebbw Vale) with the Thomas Phillips family.
Children were: note: dates calculated from Census Information
Thomas b 1830
Ebenezer b 1835
Ann b 1838
Sarah b 1844
In 1851 census Thomas, Ebenezer and Ann were living with Mary's sister Jane
and husband David Lewis at Mt Pleasant, Bedwellty. The Mother Mary and the
daughter Sarah were with the Phillps' at Cwm. The Father William appears in none
of the census. On the marriage certificate of Ebenezer dated 1857 he is
marked deceased.
Hi Jon, a very important lesson, but, are you absolutley sure it is them
that married in pensionable age and not some descendent with the same names?
Or even a mistranscibed date! Wild coincidences, yes, but..............
This is something my wife always puts before me, even on something as
obscure as this, I can hear her in my mind she says it that often!
Happy hunting, Mick McAllister
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. P. Nixey" <jpnixey(a)btinternet.com>
To: <BlaenauGwent-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 11:51 AM
Subject: [BLAENAUGWENT] A Very Important Lesson Learned!
> Dear listers,
>
> Today I learned a very very important lesson, which I want to share with
> you all, even though this happened out of this list's area.
>
> When we are tracing our family history, don't take it for granted that we
> will find a marriage in the time frame we expect for the people we are
> researching.
> For some time now I have been trying to find the marriage of my great
> grandparents, Edward James Nixey and Sarah Jane Nicholls in the Somerset
> area. Their first child was born in 1892, and some very kind and helpful
> people spent time and effort in checking the bmd images for me, all to no
> avail.
> One person sent me the link to the Bath BMD website where he had found
> Sarah Jane Nicholls birth, and I decided to take a look at that website
> myself. I checked the marriage index for Edward and Sarah, but, I too
> found nothing during the 1890s. So I resigned myself to the fact that they
> just never married. WRONG!!!!!
>
> The only reason why I found them was because I decided to do a surname
> search, and see what other Nixey marriages had taken place. When I finally
> reached 1938, who did I find?
>
> You guessed it! Edward James Nixey and Sarah Jane Nicholls! 1938!!!! At
> that time their ages would have been: Edward approx 75 and Sarah approx
> 71. So if you have been trying to find a marriage of an ancestor then
> don't stop looking until you have reached the time of their death!!! You
> may be as surprised as I was!
>
> I feel this is such an important lesson, that I am willing for this email
> to be passed on to other rootsweb lists or individuals with an interest in
> genealogy.
>
> Kindest regards to all,
>
> Jon
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Dear listers,
Today I learned a very very important lesson, which I want to share with you
all, even though this happened out of this list's area.
When we are tracing our family history, don't take it for granted that we
will find a marriage in the time frame we expect for the people we are
researching.
For some time now I have been trying to find the marriage of my great
grandparents, Edward James Nixey and Sarah Jane Nicholls in the Somerset
area. Their first child was born in 1892, and some very kind and helpful
people spent time and effort in checking the bmd images for me, all to no
avail.
One person sent me the link to the Bath BMD website where he had found Sarah
Jane Nicholls birth, and I decided to take a look at that website myself. I
checked the marriage index for Edward and Sarah, but, I too found nothing
during the 1890s. So I resigned myself to the fact that they just never
married. WRONG!!!!!
The only reason why I found them was because I decided to do a surname
search, and see what other Nixey marriages had taken place. When I finally
reached 1938, who did I find?
You guessed it! Edward James Nixey and Sarah Jane Nicholls! 1938!!!! At that
time their ages would have been: Edward approx 75 and Sarah approx 71. So if
you have been trying to find a marriage of an ancestor then don't stop
looking until you have reached the time of their death!!! You may be as
surprised as I was!
I feel this is such an important lesson, that I am willing for this email to
be passed on to other rootsweb lists or individuals with an interest in
genealogy.
Kindest regards to all,
Jon
Dear Listers,
This week's 'Retrospective Images of Wales' webpages, just uploaded onto my
website, feature:
1. The village of Carew in the county of Pembrokeshire (eight pictures).
This feature was first shown on 'Images of Wales' in May 1998.
2. Cilybebyll and its parish church, near Pontardawe in the county of
Glamorgan (ten
pictures). This feature was first shown on 'Images of Wales' in February
1998.
As usual, these webpages will be on display for one week.
'Retrospective Images of Wales' is at
www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/retro/retro.htm
Kind regards,
John
--------------------
John Ball, Ystalyfera, near Swansea, Wales, UK
E-mail: john(a)jlb2005.plus.com
John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/
Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/
Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/
GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/
Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists
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